419 scam: "Dr.Duy Bao"<officecontacts26@yahoo.com> Approval

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dr.duybao001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Duy Bao" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.duybao001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:58:01 -0700
Subject: Approval

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr.Duy Bao, I work with Acleda Bank in Cambodia as Accounts Manager. I have a Business proposal of £5,000,000,00 for you. The fund belongs to a deceased customer of my bank (Mr. Henry Firmansyah), that died in the Indonesian earthquake with his next of kin leaving nobody to claim his inheritance. You can read more about the Indonesian earthquake here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Sumatra_earthquakes

For many years now his bank account has remained dormant; and if we don't claim this fund urgently within 4 weeks time the government will claim the fund according to the banking laws of CAMBODIA. As a matter of urgency, I want to present you to my bank as the beneficiary / next of kin so that the inheritance sum will be legally paid to you.

At the end of the transaction you shall have 50% of the total fund and i shall also take 50%. I believe in equality that is why I want us to share the money 50/50.

I want to assure you that this is a 101% risk free transaction. Since I am the accounts manager of the late bank customer I will provide you with all the necessary information, documents and proof to legally back up the claim. If you agree to do this business with me, kindly reply urgently to my private email (dr.duybao001@gmail.com) and give me: YOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION and your NATIONALITY.

I anticipate your urgent response to enable us proceed further.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.Duy Bao.

Private email (dr.duybao001@gmail.com)

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